?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prallethrin+Poisoning+Presenting+as+Status+Epilepticus&rft.creator=Vijayaraju%2C+D&rft.creator=Ramkumar%2C+S&rft.creator=Subramanian%2C+SR&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Mosquito+repellents+contain+pyrethroid+derivatives%2C+as+the+active+ingredient.+Data+regarding+human+toxicity+following+oral+intake+is+limited.+This+is+a+case+report+of+an+individual+who+presented+with+neurotoxicity+following+oral+ingestion+of+prallethrin+(2.4%25+w%2Fw)+of+a+higher+concentration+present+in+formulations+commercially+available+than+previously.+A+22+year+old+male+presented+to+the+emergency+Room+(ER)+in+status+epilepticus.+He+was+managed+in+the+Intensive+Care+Unit+(ICU).+No+cause+for+his+status+could+be+determined+after+all+laboratory+investigations.+A+review+of+history+with+the+patient+revealed+that+he+had+ingested+a+bottle+of+liquid+mosquito+repellent+(45+ml).+The+patient+has+had+no+further+symptoms+on+follow+up+and+has+been+off+anti+epileptics.+Pyrethroid+containing+mosquito+repellents+act+on+neuronal+sodium+channels+causing+hyperexcitiability.+With+no+known+specific+antidotes%2C+symptomatic+treatment+is+the+main+stay+of+management.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2014-02-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9718%2F1%2F2013-4-11.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vijayaraju%2C+D+and+Ramkumar%2C+S+and+Subramanian%2C+SR++(2014)+Prallethrin+Poisoning+Presenting+as+Status+Epilepticus.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9718%2F